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I first saw a tribute day in 2001, Mets (1947 NY Cubansand Jays (Chatham) and it was educational for me tosay the least, discussing some of the past greats likelike Josh Gibson and other stars of the days. Pittsburgand KC had a alternate uniform Negro league tribute that day as well. These types of tributes are longoverdue given the perverse Landis legacy barring integration for decades after it should have happened.

In the newspaper article of that day, Bobby Valentinerecounts walking into a restaurant in Vero Beach as late as 1969. The owner refuses to serve Willie Crawford and Von Joshua and calls the police on Bobby(who were probably very willing to help in throwing them out).